By Eby John
Noted actor and film maker Amol Palekar was at the World
Book Fair today for a book launch and a panel discussion. The Golmaal star
spoke quite briefly on Indian Cinema, Theater and Books.
He highlighted as to how
every Maharashtrian as himself has immense love and passion for its 160 years old
theater industry. Commenting on how cinema has been acting as a binding force
among Indians since the beginning he said that every second person in India
knows and is capable of commenting on how probably SRK should act or how
bollywood films should be made.
When asked why he doesn’t act in films anymore, he very
humbly responded by saying " I would rather like to be asked this question for the
rest of my life than to be asked ‘Why the hell do you act?’ "
On comparisons between contemporary films and yesteryear
films he made his views very clear that films change with time. He believes
that nowadays everything is loud and has to be shouted from the rooftop to be
heard. According to him making good films while taking social and cultural evolutions
into consideration is what should be done.
His advice to young theater, film and literature enthusiasts is to
change the trend themselves if they don’t like something rather than wanting
someone else to do it for them.
Taking one last question from one of the audience who had
asked that why are films with positive social messages not made nowadays, he
had just four words to say before he smiled and took leave- “Aap Banaiye aisi
Filmein !!!”
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